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[lanforod]

Everyone needs to be smarter.

There is a trend towards putting American products on store shelves back upside down to “stick it to loblaws” or whatever. They don’t realize this means extra work for store staff which in turn means higher prices on everything.

One nice lady in Victoria was hit with a $1200 tariff on imported items for her store, some folks think this is part of an American tariff.

Still, I am seeing people who are genuinely surprised we can not source coffee, chocolate or orange juice in Canada.

We have a long way to go.

We could grow anything, it would just be very expensive as for many products we would need greenhouses, and a lot of them. But it can be done. Could get a small industry going faster by repurposing flower and tree cultivation greenhouses but that has an impact too. As long as these can be sourced from closer to the equator areas, it will not make economic sense, tariffs or not.

[max.bravo]

This morning, I drove past a pick up truck with a large canada flag in the bed.

What is our current thinking on these type of people? Disinformation agents and traitors, or patriotic folks that want to buy Canadian?

I’m a little confused post Covid

Edited by max.bravo, Yesterday, 12:12 PM.

[Matt R.]

Loudmouths, same as before.

[LJ]

Milton Friedman on tariffs...

 

https://www.instagra...jZiM2M3MzIxNA==

[phx]

This morning, I drove past a pick up truck with a large canada flag in the bed.

What is our current thinking on these type of people? Disinformation agents and traitors, or patriotic folks that want to buy Canadian?

I’m a little confused post Covid

 

The woke virtue scorecards haven’t been updated yet.

It will likely depend on whether the driver is wearing a mask, and on the truck’s pronouns.

[Mike K.]

As long as it wasn’t a Cybertruck, a GM, a Ford or a Dodge.

[Barrister]

A typical nuclear reactor should produce enough power (8 billion MgWh) to produce around 60,000 tons of Aluminum

 

Canada exports about 3 million tons of aluminum to the US per year. So the US only need to build about 50 nuclear reactors to power the making of aluminum.

 

Most nuclear generating stations have move than one reactor. I have no idea how practical this would be in terms of costs? When I say I dont know I have no idea. 

Is electricity produced by nuclear reactors cheap?

 

How long would it take the US to slap up 25 to 50 reactors anyway?

[Victoria Watcher]

How long would it take the US to slap up 25 to 50 reactors anyway?

 

100 years.

 

There have only been 4 project starts since 1978.  And 2 of them are still incomplete.

 

I don't think you can do any large projects in the US anymore.  Look at the California rail project.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Yesterday, 10:30 PM.

[Barrister]

If they cant fast track reactors what is the American alternative for power?

[Victoria Watcher]

If they cant fast track reactors what is the American alternative for power?

 

Gas, mostly.  

[phx]

Hmm...

3,000,000 tons/year

x 17,000 kWh/ton

/ 8,760 hours/year

/ 1,000,000 kW/reactor

= 6 reactors

Edited by phx, Today, 07:42 AM.